The MAGIC TEN and Beyond

A ten step simple spiritual practice designed for busy people who want profound results

Created to be used as a customized guide for your individual lifestyle, THE MAGIC TEN AND BEYOND is broken down into ten practices, presented as a ten-week course. Each week incorporates a unique spiritual intention:

Week One Gratitude

Awakening the Way

Week Two Giving Blessings

Blessing the Way

Week Three Feeding the Birds

Nourishing the Way

Week Four Asana

Connecting to the Way

Week Five Dance

Moving Through the Way

Week Six Kriyas

Sweeping the Way

Week Seven Kapalabhati

Shining the Way

Week Eight Pranayama

Directing the Way

Week Nine Meditation

Being the Way

Week Ten Relaxation

Giving Away

This powerful little book will guide readers in cultivating such a practice replete with how-to instructions and photos of the ten simple morning yoga poses she recommends, as well as guidance on meditation, blessings, and awareness exercises that can be added into the mix to help readers begin their day with greater focus, compassion, and joyfulness - Creations Magazine

About the Author

Sharon Gannon

Gannon provides how-to instructions with visual photos of ten key yoga poses for health and flexibility, along with life-affirming principles drawn from ancient Egyptian and yogi teachings and her personal insights from daily practice.

Sharon Gannon is a 21st century Renaissance woman who excels in many artistic, spiritual and social mediums. Sharon is best known for creating, along with David Life, the Jivamukti Yoga Method—a path to enlightenment through compassion for all
beings. Blessed by her teachers Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, Shri Swami Nirmalananda, Shri K. Pattabhi Jois and Shyamdas, she is a pioneer in teaching yoga as spiritual activism and is changing the way that people view, spirituality, life, themselves, each other,
animals and the environment.

The Jivamukti Yoga method emphasizes asana, Sanskrit, scriptural study, devotion, prayer, music, chanting and meditation as well as animal rights, veganism, environmentalism and political activism. Jivamukti’s passionate focus on the original meaning of the
Sanskrit word "asana" as seat, connection—relationship to the Earth is as practical as it is radical at this time of global crisis and consciousness shift.

YOGA JOURNAL Magazine has called her an innovator and VANITY FAIR gives her credit for making yoga cool and hip. JANE Magazine nominated her as Gutsiest Woman of the Year and THE FARM SANCTUARY awarded her the compassionate living award. She is a long-time vanguard
member of PETA and has helped with many of their campaigns.

She has produced numerous yoga-related DVDs and music CDs including the 2010 release of Sharanam, her solo debut album, which Sting describes as, "inspired, daring and essential." She is a prolific writer and has authored several books: Jivamukti Yoga,
(also translated into German, Russian & Italian) The Art of Yoga, The Jivamukti Chant Book, Yoga Assists, Simple Recipes for Joy (also translated in Italian) and Cats and Dogs are People too! (also translated into Italian) and Yoga and
Vegetarianism (also translated into Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Turkish), which has been acclaimed as the seminal work on the subject of how a vegan diet relates to yoga.

Along with David Life she is the founder of the Jivamukti Yoga School, New York City and the Wild Woodstock Forest Sanctuary, a 125-acre wild forest sanctuary in upstate NY, USA.

The Jivamukti Magic Ten

The Magic Ten is a series of ten simple exercises, designed by Sharon Gannon, that can be done in about ten minutes.

It is a good way to warm up for an asana class or to get your body moving first thing in the morning or at any time you need a "pep up."

Interview with Sharon

01. What compelled you to write this book?

For years people have asked me to share with them my personal home practice. In this book I reveal my secrets — what I do everyday at home or in a hotel room when traveling. I also wanted to share with readers my theory that yoga could have been
practiced in ancient Egypt and not be the sole property of the Indian culture. So the book has actually two parts: the 10-week do-it-yourself practice sequence and the Egyptian adventure story, where I describe my theory about the connection
between yoga and the ancient Egyptian mystery schools and how I discovered the magic ten practices while conferring with an Egyptologist in the basement of the Cairo Museum who showed me some hieroglyphs etched into a three thousand year old stone
cartouche.

02. Did anything notable or surprising occur during the writing process?

Yes, notable Egyptologist, Tommy Broussard came to visit me at my home for a few days and I was able to read out loud to him, an early draft of "A Story" - a section of the book that appears towards the end. This experience enabled me to run my
ideas about the possible connection between yoga and ancient Egypt by him as well as ask him specific things relating to the pharaoh Akhenaten.

03. Why did you become a writer?

As a way to share with others the magical insights I have been privileged to experience in my life. My desire is to be useful and to serve the highest good.

04. What writer(s) have had the greatest influence on you?

Writers that speak to me like a friend. In other words, writers who communicate rather than profess or merely provide information. I am attracted to writers who believe in magic, mysticism and enlightenment.